Hadhwanaag
Village in Sool, Puntland / Somaliland
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Hadhwanaag (Hadh-Wanaag) is a village in the Sool region of Puntland. (Somaliland claims ownership of the whole Sool region.)
Hadhwanaag | |
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Village (tuulada) | |
 Interactive map of Hadhwanaag | |
| Coordinates: 8°31′49.9″N 48°09′55.4″E | |
| Country |  Puntland( Somalia) /  Somaliland |
| Region | Sool |
| Population | |
• Total | 850[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
There are other places of the same name, Hadhwanaag, in the Somalis residential area.
History
Hadhwanaag was founded in 1982.[1]
In April 2012, by drought and water shortage in parts of Sool, Hadhwanaag was also affected.[2]
In January 2018, due to the Battle of Tukaraq, Tukaraq and other schools were evacuated to Hadhwanaag and other places.[3]
In December 2019, Puntland Vice President Ahmed Elmi Osman invited former Somali Prime Minister Omar Sharmarke to Hadhwanaag for lunch.[4]
In January 2020, Puntland Vice President Ahmed Elmi Osman had a meeting in Hadhwanaag with Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan, Ahmed Abdi Mohamed and others.[5]
In January 2020, the Puntland Ministry of Environment spread a chemical to control desert locust between Bo'ame and Hadhwanaag.[6]
In June 2021, the governor of Sool, appointed by the Somaliland government, accused the Puntland government of interfering in Hadhwanaag as a violation of its territory.[7]
In January 2022, Puntland Vice President Ahmed Elmi Osman appointed a committee to review the decisions of the Hadhwanaag Constituent Assembly. The committee will oversee the Bo'ame and Birta Dheer militias.[8][9]